Carriage-top



(No Model.)

J. JOHNSON.

GARRIAGE 'TOP.

Patented May 29,1894.

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CARRlA G E-TO P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,433, dated May 29,1894. Application filed August 26,1893- SerialNo.484,132. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

B e it known that I, JEREMIAH P. JOHNSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful "Improvements inCarriage-Tops, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the top andespecially the curtains for the top, all as more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective VleW of a carriage top withmy improvements applied. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 isa vertical, central, longitudinal section thereof. Fig.4 is a detached,perspective view of the side curtain roller and frame. Fig. 5 is asection therethrough showing the supporting bracket in elevation.

In the present construction of carriage tops, the side curtains areusually detachably buttoned on, and when removed are placed under theseat, or in the seat, usually requiring to be folded. The back curtainishung from the top and when not in use is rolled up and suspended by twostraps outside. After a little use of such a construction, the curtainbelng exposed to the weather while in use or out of use, warps, bends orcracks. This construction permits of no adjustment, and must be eitherwholly up or down.

My construction is intended to overcome these defects and to this endconsists of detachable roller curtains for the sides, and 'a curtain forthe back composed of two complementary sections, one secured to a rollerwithin the carriage top, adapted to be drawn down to the top of the backand the other section secured to the back extending from top to bottomthereof.

A is the carriage seat, B the bows, O the top, D the seat back, all ofknown and usual construction.

E are hooks or brackets secured to the inner faces of the bows near thetop and F are latches pivoted to the brackets above the open portion ofthe hooks.

G is a frame, preferably formed from a bar,

having bent ends, as shown in Fig. 4, in which the roller His journaled.I are side curtains secured to this roller.

To secure the side curtains in position, the bar of the frame is engagedin the hooks E and the latch F turned down to bear upon that frame, asshown in Fig. 5. In this position the curtain may be raised and loweredas necessary.

If desired the curtain roller may be a spring roller with ratchet andpa'wl to hold it at any desired position, with any suitable catch tohold it at the bottom, such as the buttons J. When detached, therollers, with the curtain may be stowed away under, or in the seat, butit is not necessary to remove them, except it is desired to fold up thetop which in use seldom happens. 1

The back curtain consists of the roller section K, which is secured tothe roller K journaled in brackets inthe top and the back section L,secured to the seat back between the side strips M, as by buttons N. Asthis section is not rolled up, no lining is required, and when theroller section is drawn down, its lower edge, overlapping the upper edgeof the lower section, forms apparently an extension thereof, and givesthe appearance of the usual curtain construction.

0 is a hook on the seat back and P, an ap ertured strap on the rollersection K, for engagement therewith, to hold the curtain down. This rearcurtain can be operated from the inside, raised and lowered partially orentirely and the curtain, when not in use, being housed has a muchlonger life.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a carriage top, the combinationwith the bows and top covering, of brackets on the bows, framesdetachably secured in the brackets, rollers journaled in the frames,curtains on the rollers, and means for locking the frames in thebrackets, substantially as described.

2. In a carriage top, the combination with 9 the bows and top covering,of side curtains, rollers to which said curtains are secured, frames,formed of a strip of metal with bent ends in which said rollers are journaled, hooks on the inside of the bows at the top in which tween thestrips and below the upper curtain IO substantially as described.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

JEREMIAH P. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

M. B. ODOGHERTY, JAMES WHITTEMORE.

